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Recently, I've marveled at the way Frozen has sucked up the attention span of every little kid I know. Back in the day, Reading Rainbow had the same appeal—I spent many an afternoon gobbling Cheddar Goldfish while utterly glued to LeVar Burton's book show. It was good for kids then, but what it wants to do for them now is great: bring a Reading Rainbow interactive library and classroom version to every school in America, in an effort to combat illiteracy. Watching Burton react in real time to the project's Kickstarter passing the $1 million mark makes me feel warm and fuzzy, half with affection for the past and half with hope for the future. Check it out: